GLORY
TO THE HOLY TRINITY. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit

GLORY TO
YOU GOD THE FATHER. Supreme King, Creator of the Heavens and the earth.
Glory to You Supreme Omnipotence, Glory to You, Fountain of Love and Eternal
Wisdom, glory to You, Highest Infinite Majesty.

Glory to You, abundant
fountain of Existence, glorious cause without cause. Glory to You, Divine
Promise and final Goal of all Your Children, Whose Name is reason for Praise and
Fear.

Glory to You Sovereign God,
beyond the description of our limited human intellect, but closer than our own
breath. Glory to You God, Author of what has been created and sustaining Spirit
of the physical and spiritual universe.

My Father, I adore You with
all the strength of my heart, my mind, my soul and my Spirit.

Celestial Father, Come reign
in our hearts!

GLORY TO
YOU GOD THE SON OF THE CELESTIAL FATHER, my most loved Lord Jesus Christ.
God the Son, begotten of the Father in His Eternal Womb, God born man of the
Holy Virgin Mary through the conception of the Holy Spirit, Incarnate Eternal
Wisdom. God King of all the creatures of the Father.

Lamb of God that takes away
the sins of the world through the only sacrifice worthy to the Father for the
redemption of mankind.

Glory to You, Body, Blood,
Soul and Divinity of Christ, offered daily in all altars throughout the world in
reparation of our sins.

Glory to You, "Eternal
Fountain of Mercy and Love" that grows in the hearts of those who love You.
Glory to You Lord Jesus Christ in whose Sacred Heart our souls find refuge.
Glory to You Most Beloved Jesus, through our devotion and consecration to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Your blessed Mother, our advocate before You.

Son of The Eternal Father, my
Lord and God, I love You with all the strength of my heart, my mind, my soul and
my spirit.

Most beloved Jesus, Come reign
in our hearts!

GLORY TO
YOU GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, Spirit of the Father and of the Son, Voice of
the Wisdom of God, that spoke to the Patriarchs, to the Prophets, and to the
Saints. Glory to You Holy Spirit, spiritual espouse of Mary, that overshadowed
the Holy Virgin Mary as she conceived the Son of God, our Lord Jesus. Glory to
You Holy Spirit, Incarnate Wisdom in Jesus Christ that with Your Divine Word
left us food for our souls. Glory to You Divine Spirit of Pentecost's, that
enlightened the Virgin Mary and the apostles, to propagate the Kingdom of God in
all hearts.

Glory to You Holy Spirit that
guides and sustains the Church of Christ through your servants. Glory to You
Holy Spirit, Spirit of prayer, fervour, consecration, penance, faith, hope, love
to God and to our neighbour, mortification and detachment of the world. Glory to
You Spirit of anxiety for the House of the Father.

I love You with all the
strength of my heart, my mind, my soul and my Spirit.

Holy Spirit, Come reign in our
hearts!

God our Fatherin obedience
to you your only Son accepted death on the Cross for the salvation of
mankind.We acknowledge the mystery of the Cross on earth. May we receive the
gift of redemption in heaven.We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever.

St. Maximilian KolbeMaximilian Kolbe’s two crowns:purity and martyrdomO Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of
sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order
of mercy to you. I, (name), a repentant sinner, cast myself at your feet, humbly
imploring you to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to yourself as your
possession and property. Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body,
of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases you.

If it pleases you, use all
that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you:
"She will crush your head," and "You alone have destroyed all heresies in the
whole world. " Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands
for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed
and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed
kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever you enter you obtain the
grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that
all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

This
Prayer was found after the death of Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus and of the
HolyFace in the copy of the Gospels which she carried night close to her
heart.O my God, O Most Blessed Trinity, I desire to love Thee and to make
Thee loved– to labor for the glory of Holy Church by saving souls here upon
earth and by deliveringthose suffering in Purgatory. I desire to fulfill
perfectly Thy Holy Will, and to reach thedegree of glory Thou hast prepared
for me in Thy Kingdom. In a word, I wish to be holy,but, knowing how
helpless I am, I beseech Thee, my God, to be Thyself my holiness.Since Thou
hast loved me so much as to give me Thy Only-Begotten Son to bemy Savior and
my Spouse, then infinite treasures of His merits are mine. Gladly do Ioffer
them to Thee, and I beg of Thee to behold me only through the Eyes of Jesus, and
inHis Heart aflame with love. Moreover, I offer Thee all the merits of the
Saints both ofHeaven and of earth, together with their acts of love, and
those of the holy Angels.Lastly, I offer Thee, O Blessed Trinity, my dearest
Mother—to her I commit thisOblation, praying her to present it to
Thee.

During the days of His life on earth her Divine Son, my sweet
Spouse, spokethese words: “If you ask the Father anything in My Name, He
will give it to you.”1Therefore I am certain Thou wilt fulfill my longing. O
my God, I know that the moreThou wishest to bestow, the more Thou dost make
us desire. In my heart I feel boundlessdesires, and I confidently beseech
Thee to take possession of my soul. I cannot receiveThe in Holy Communion as
often as I should wish ; but, O Lord, art not Thou allpowerful? Abide in me
as Thou dost in the Tabernacle—never abandon Thy LittleVictim. I long to
console Thee for ungrateful sinners, and I implore Thee to take from meall
liberty to sin. If through weakness I should chance to fall, may a glance from
ThineEyes straightaway cleanse my soul, and consume all my imperfections—as
firetransforms all things into itself.

I thank Thee, O MY God, for
all the graces Thou hast granted me : especially forhaving purified me in
the crucible of suffering. At the Day of Judgment I shall gaze onThee with
joy, as Thou bearest Thy scepter of the Cross. And since Thou hast deigned
togive me this precious Cross as my portion, I hope to be like unto Thee in
Paradise and tobehold the Sacred Wounds of Thy Passion shine on my glorified
body.After earth’s exile I trust to possess Thee in the Home of our Father ;
but I do notseek to lay up treasures in Heaven. I wish to labor for Thy Love
alone—with the sole aimof pleasing Thee, of consoling Thy Sacred Heart, and
of saving souls who will love Theethrough Eternity.1 John xvi.
23.

When comes the evening of life, I shall stand before Thee with empty
hands,because I do not ask Thee, My God, to take account of my works. All
our works ofjustice are blemished in Thine Eyes. I wish therefore to be
robed with Thine own Justice,and to receive from Thy Love the everlasting
gift of Thyself. I desire no other Throne, noother Crown but Thee, O my
Beloved?In Thy sight time is naught—“one day is a thousand years.”2 Thou
canst in asingle instant prepare me to appear before Thee.

In order
that my life may be one Act of perfect Love, I offer myself as a Victim
ofHolocaust to Thy Merciful Love, imploring Thee to consume me unceasingly,
and toallow the floods of infinite tenderness gathered up in Thee to
overflow into my soul, sothat I may become a very martyr of Thy Love, O my
God! May this martyrdom, afterhaving prepared me to appear in Thy Presence,
free me from this life at the last, and maymy soul take flight—without
delay—into the eternal embrace of Thy Merciful Love!* * * * * * *O my
Beloved, I desire at every beat of my heart to renew this Oblation an
infinitenumber of times, “till the shadows retire,”3 and everlastingly I can
tell Thee my love factto face.Mary Frances Teresa of the Child
JesusAnd of the Holy Face.The ninth of June,Feast of the Most
Blessed Trinity,In the year of grace, 1895

A
Morning PrayerO my God ! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for
the intentions and for theglory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to
sanctify every beat of my heart, my everythought, my simplest works, by
uniting them to Its infinite merits ; and I wish to makereparation for my
sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love.O my God ! I ask
thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace tofulfill
perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of
thispassing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for
all Eternity. Amen.2 Ps. xxxix. 4.3 Cant. iv. 6.

AN ACT OF CONSECRATIONTO THE HOLY FACE

Written
for the NovicesO Adorable Face of Jesus, since Thou hast deigned to make
special choice of oursouls, in order to give Thyself to them, we come to
consecrate these souls to Thee. Weseem, O Jesus, to hear Thee say : “Open to
Me, My Sisters, My Spouses, for My Face iswet with dew, and My Locks with
the drops of the night.” 4 our souls understand Thylanguage of love ; we
desire to wipe Thy sweet Face, and to console Thee for thecontempt of the
wicked. In their eyes Thou art still ‘as it were hidden . . . they
esteemThee an object of reproach.”

O Blessed Face, more lovely than
the lilies and the roses of spring, Thou art nothidden from us. The tears
which dim Thine Eyes are as precious as pearls which wedelight to gather,
and, through their infinite value, to purchase the souls of our
brethren.From Thy Adorable Lips we have heard the loving plaint : ”I
Thirst.” Since we knowthat this thirst which consumes Thee is a thirst for
love, to quench it we would wish topossess an infinite love.

Dear
Spouse of our souls, if we could with the love of all hearts, that love
wouldbe Thine. . . . Give us, O Lord, this love ! Then come to thy spouses
and satisfy ThyThirst.And give to, us souls, dear Lord . . . We thirst
for souls !—Above all for the soulsof Apostles and Martyrs . . . that
through we may inflame all poor sinners with love ofThee.

O Adorable
Face, we shall succeed in winning this grace from Thee ! Unmindfulof our
exile, “ the rivers of Babylon,” we will sing in Thine Ears the sweetest
ofmelodies. Since Thou art the true and only Home of our souls, our songs
shall not besung in a strange land. 6 O Beloved Face of Jesus, while we
await the Eternal Day whenwe shall gaze upon Thine Infinite Glory, our only
desire is to delight Thy Divine Eyes bykeeping our faces hidden too, so that
no one on earth may recognize us . . . Dear Jesus,Heaven for us is Thy
Hidden Face!

VARIOUS PRAYERS“ If you ask
the Father anything in My Name, He will give it to you.”—John xvi. 23.O
Eternal Father, Thy Only-Begotten Son, the dear Child Jesus, belongs to
mesince Thou hast given Him. I offer Thee the infinite merits of His Divine
Childhood, andI beseech in His Name to open the gates of Heaven to a
countless host of little ones whowill for ever follow this Divine Lamb.4
Cf. Cant. v. 2.5 Cf. Isa. Liii. 3.6 Cf. Ps.

“ Just as the King’s
image is a talisman through which anything may be purchased inhis kingdom,
so through His Adorable Face—that priceless coin of my Humanity—you
willobtain all that you desire.”Our Lord to Sister Mary of St.
Peter

Eternal Father, since Thou hast given me for my inheritance the
Adorable Face ofThy Divine Son, I offer that Face to Thee, and I beg Thee,
in exchange for this coin ofinfinite value, to forget the ingratitude of
those souls who are consecrated to Thee, and topardon all
sinners.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY CHILD

O
Jesus, dear Holy Child, my only treasure, I abandon myself to Thy every
whim.I seek no other joy that that of calling forth Thy sweet Smile.
Vouchsafe to me the gracesand the virtues of Thy Holy Childhood, so that on
the day of my birth into Heaven theAngels and Saints may recognize in Thy
Spouse : Teresa of the Child Jesus.

PRAYER TO THE
HOLY FACEO adorable face of Jesus, sole beauty which ravisheth my
heart, vouchsafe toimpress on my soul Thy Divine Likeness, so it may not be
possible for Thee to look atThy Spouse without beholding Thyself. O my
Beloved, for love of Thee I am content notto see here on earth the sweetness
of Thy Glance, not to feel the ineffable Kiss of ThySacred Lips, but I beg
of Thee to inflame me with Thy Love, so that it may consume mequickly, and
that soon Teresa of the Holy Face may behold Thy glorious Countenance
inHeaven.

PRAYERInspired by the sight
of a statue of the Blessed Joan of ArcO Lord God of Hosts, who hast said in
Thy Gospel : “ I am not come to bringpeace but a sword,” 8 arm me for the
combat. I burn to do battle for Thy Glory, but I praythee to enliven my
courage. . . . Then with holy David I shall be able to exclaim : “ Thoualone
art my shield, it is Thou, O Lord Who teachest my hands to fight.” 9O my
Beloved, I know the warfare in which I am to engage ; it is not on the
openfield I shall fight. . . . I am a prisoner held captive by Thy Love ; of
my own free will Ihave riveted the fetters which bind me to Thee, and cut me
off for ever from the world.My sword is Love ! with it—like Joan of Arc—“ I
will drive the strangers from the land,and I will have Thee proclaimed
King”—over the Kingdom of souls.

Sister Mary of St. Peter entered the
Carmel of Tours in 1840. Three years later she had the first of a series of
revelations concerning devotion to the Holy Face as a means of reparation for
blasphemy. See Life of Leon Papin-Dupont, known as “The Holy Man of Tours.”8
Matt. x. 34.9 Cf. Ps. cxliii. 1, 2.

Of a truth Thou hast no need of
so weak an instrument as I, but Joan, Thy chasteand valiant Spouse, has said
: “We must do battle before God gives the victory.” O myJesus! I will do
battle, then, for Thy love, until the evening of my life. AS Thou didst
notwill to enjoy rest upon earth, I wish to follow Thy example ; and then
this promise whichcame from Thy Sacred Lips will be fulfilled in me “ If any
man minister to Me, let himfollow Me, and where I am there also shall My
servant be, and . . . him will My Fatherhonor.”10 To be with Thee, to be in
Thee, that is my one desire ; this promise offulfillment, which Thou dost
give, helps me to bear with my exile as I wait the JoyousDay when I shall
see Thee face to face.

PRAYER TO OBTAIN
HUMILITY

Written for a NoviceO Jesus ! When Thou wast a
wayfarer upon Earth, Thou didst say : “ Learn ofMe, for I am Meek and Humble
of Heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls..” 11 OAlmighty King of
Heaven ! my soul indeed finds rest in seeing Thee condescend to washthe feet
of Thy Apostles—“having taken the form of a slave.” 12 I recall the words
Thoudidst utter to teach me the practice of humility : “ I have given you an
example, that as Ihave done to you, so you do also. The servant is not
greater than his Lord . . . If you knowthese things, you shall be blessed if
you do them.” 13 I understand, dear Lord, thesewords which come from Thy
Meek and Humble Heart, and I wish to put them in practicewith the help of
Thy grace.

I desire to humble myself in all sincerity, and to submit my
will to that of mySisters, without ever contradicting them, and without
questioning whether the have theright to command. No one, O my Beloved ! had
that right over Thee, and yet Thou didstobey not only the Blessed Virgin and
St. Joseph, but even Thy executioners. And now, inthe Holy Eucharist, I see
Thee complete Thy self-abasement, O Divine King of Glory,with wondrous
humility, Thou dost submit Thyself to all Thy Priests, without
anydistinction between those who love Thee and those who, alas ! are
lukewarm or cold inThy service. They may advance or delay the hour of the
Holy Sacrifice : Thou art alwaysready to come down from Heaven at their
call.

O my Beloved, under the white Eucharistic Veil Thou dost indeed
appear to meMeek and Humble of Heart ! To teach me humility, Thou canst not
further abase Thyself,and so I wish to respond to Thy Love, by putting
myself in the lowest place, by sharingThy humiliation, so that I may “have
part with Thee”14 in the Kingdom of Heaven.I implore Thee, dear Jesus, to
send me a humiliation whensoever I try to setmyself above others.

And
yet, dear Lord, Thou knowest my weakness. Each morning I resolve to
behumble, and in the evening recognize that I have often been guilty of
pride. The sight ofthese faults tempts me to discouragement ; yet I know
that discouragement is itself but a10 John. xii. 26.11 Matt. xi.
29.12 John. xiii. 15-17.13 Phil. ii. 7.14 Cf. John xiii.
8.

form of pride. I wish, therefore, O my God, to build all my trust upon
Thee. As Thoucanst do all things, deign to implant in my soul this virtue
which I desire, and to obtain itfrom Thy Infinite Mercy, I will often say to
Thee : “ Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart,make my heart like unto
Thine.”

MOTTO OF THE LITTLE FLOWERFrom St.
John of the Cross“Love is repaid by Love alone”

O my Jesus who didst say: “Indeed I say to you, ask and it
shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to
you.” Here I am, knocking, seeking, and asking the grace (mention your
request).

O my Jesus who didst say: “Indeed I say to you, whatever
you shall ask the Father in My name, it shall be granted to you.” Here I am,
asking Thy Father in Thy name for the grace (mention your request).

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be… Most Sacred Heart of
Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.

O my Jesus who didst say: “Indeed I say to you, heaven and
earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.” Here I am, and supporting myself
on the infallibility of Thy words, I ask Thee the grace (mention your
request).

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be… Most Sacred Heart of
Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.

Prayer O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom only one thing
is impossible and that is not to feel compassion for the wretched, have pity on
us, miserable sinners, and grant us the grace which we ask Thee through the
Immaculate Heart of She who is Thy tender Mother and also ours. Hail Holy Queen…
MemorareRemember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known
that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine
intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of
virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and
sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy
mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Saint Joseph foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

St. Patrick's Breastplate

St. Patrick's
Breastplate is contained in the ancient Book of Armagh, from the early ninth
century, along with Patrick's authentic "Confession." St. Patrick is said to
have written this prayer to strengthen himself with God's protection as he
prepared to confront and convert Loegaire, high king of Ireland. I see in it
some similarities to Paul's exhortation to "put on the whole armor of God"
(Ephesians 6:10-18), except that it is much more detailed. I recommend St.
Patrick's prayer to you as a wonderful prayer of spiritual
preparedness.

I bind to myself
todayThe strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity:I believe the
Trinity in the UnityThe Creator of the Universe.

I bind to myself
todayThe virtue of the Incarnation of Christ with His Baptism,The virtue
of His crucifixion with His burial,The virtue of His Resurrection with His
Ascension,The virtue of His coming on the Judgment Day.

I bind to myself
todayThe virtue of the love of seraphim,In the obedience of
angels,In the hope of resurrection unto reward,In prayers of
Patriarchs,In predictions of Prophets,In preaching of Apostles,In
faith of Confessors,In purity of holy Virgins,In deeds of righteous
men.

I bind to myself
todayThe power of Heaven,The light of the sun,The brightness of the
moon,The splendor of fire,The flashing of lightning,The swiftness of
wind,The depth of sea,The stability of earth,The compactness of
rocks.

I bind to
myself todayGod's Power to guide me,God's Might to uphold me,God's
Wisdom to teach me,God's Eye to watch over me,God's Ear to hear
me,God's Word to give me speech,God's Hand to guide me,God's Way to
lie before me,God's Shield to shelter me,God's Host to secure
me,Against the snares of demons,Against the seductions of
vices,Against the lusts of nature,Against everyone who meditates injury
to me,Whether far or near,Whether few or with many.

I invoke today all
these virtuesAgainst every hostile merciless powerWhich may assail my
body and my soul,Against the incantations of false prophets,Against the
black laws of heathenism,Against the false laws of heresy,Against the
deceits of idolatry,Against the spells of women, and smiths, and
druids,Against every knowledge that binds the soul of man.

Christ, protect me
todayAgainst every poison, against burning,Against drowning, against
death-wound,That I may receive abundant reward.

Christ with me,
Christ before me,Christ behind me, Christ within me,Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,Christ at my right, Christ at my left,Christ in the
fort, [i.e., at home]Christ in the chariot seat, [i.e., travelling by
land]Christ in the stern. [i.e., travelling by water]

Christ in the
heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth of everyone who
speaks to me,Christ in every eye that sees me,Christ in every ear that
hears me.

I bind to myself todayThe
strong virtue of an invocation of the Trinity,I believe the Trinity in the
UnityThe Creator of the Universe.

Prayer in
Honor of the Five Wounds

Act of Contrition

As I kneel before Thee on the cross,
most loving Saviour of my soul, my conscience reproaches me with having nailed
Thee to that cross with these hands of mine, as often as I have fallen into
mortal sin, wearying Thee with my base ingratitude. My God, my chief and perfect
good, worthy of all my love, because Thou hast loaded me with blessings; I
cannot now undo my misdeeds, as I would most willingly; but I loathe them,
grieving sincerely for having offended Thee, Who art infinite goodness. And now,
kneeling at Thy feet, I try, at least, to compassionate Thee, to give Thee
thanks, to ask Thee pardon and contrition; wherefore with my heart and lips, I
say:

To the Wound of the Left Foot

Holy wound of the left foot of my
Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain
which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for the love whereby Thou laboured to
overtake me on the way to ruin, and didst bleed amid the thorns and brambles of
my sins. I offer to the Eternal Father the pain and love of Thy most holy
humanity, in atonement for my sins, all of which I detest with sincere and
bitter contrition.

Holy wound of the right foot of my
Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain
which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for that love which pierced Thee with such
torture and shedding of blood, in order to punish my wanderings and the guilty
pleasures I have granted to my unbridled passions. I offer the Eternal Father
all the pain and love of Thy most holy humanity, and I pray Thee for grace to
weep over my sins with hot tears, and to enable me to persevere in the good
which I have begun, without ever swerving again from my obedience to the divine
commands.

Holy wound of the left hand of my
Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain
which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for having in Thy love spared me the
scourges and eternal damnation which my sins have merited. I offer to the
Eternal Father the pain and love of They most holy humanity: and I pray Thee to
teach me how to turn to good account my span of life, and bring forth in it
worthy fruits of penance, and to disarm the justice of God, which I have
provoked.

Holy wound of the right hand of my
Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain
which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for Thy graces lavished on me with such
love, in spite of all my most perverse obstinacy. I offer to the Eternal Father
all the pain and love of Thy most holy humanity; and I pray Thee to change my
heart and its affections, and make me do all my actions in accordance with the
will of God.

Holy wound in the side of my Jesus, I
adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the cruel insult Thou didst
suffer. I thank Thee, my Jesus, for the love which suffered Thy side and Heart
to be pierced, so that the last drops of blood and water might issue forth,
making my redemption to overflow. I offer to the Eternal Father this outrage,
and the love of Thy most holy humanity, that my soul may enter once for all into
that most loving Heart, eager and ready to receive the greatest sinners, and
never more depart.

O most loving Jesus, meek lamb
of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most sacred Wound of
Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy
flesh and laid bare Thy bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than
any other wound of Thy most blessed body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most
sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most
sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by
the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross, to be merciful to me, a sinner,
and to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on toward
Heaven along the Way of the Cross. Amen.

It is related in the
annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked our Lord which was His greatest
unrecorded suffering, and our Lord answered: "I had on My shoulder, while I bore
My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous wound, which was more painful than
the others, and which is not recorded by men. Honor this wound with thy
devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and
merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this wound, I will remit to
them all their venial sins, and will no longer remember their mortal
sins."

Christian Prayer
for the Persecuted"Lord Jesus, draw close to those who have been
persecuted and to all those whose lives they touch. Comfort them, give them the
strength to endure. Whisper to them what a testimony of faith they are being and
help us all to be able to follow their heavenly minded example as they follow
yours. May the lies, hatred and violence instigated by groups, Religions, and
many governments around the world be obliterated by the Gospel. Give those
facing persecution for believing on your name a safe haven and protection. Be
with them through all their trials and bless them. Above all else may you fill
those who are persecuted with a sense of your peace, joy and usefulness as they
see you use their suffering to spread the gospel. Holy Father, My heart desires
that all persecution stop! But I will have faith in you and your perfect will. I
know you love your church with emotion and strength and wisdom I cannot
understand. I lift up those who suffer, comfort them with your mighty hand, show
them a joy that is beyond our earthly understanding. Give them peace that only
the Creator of all things can give. Show them the prize at the end of the race
and that it is so very worth their suffering. Touch the persecutors with your
love and grace, and grant them the grace of repentance. Heavenly father we ask
this in Jesus Christ holy name. Amen"

For Our
Men and Women in Military Service

O
Prince of Peace, we humbly ask Your protection for all our men and women in
military service. Give them
unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity, and devotion the rights of
all who are imperiled by injustice and evil. Guard our churches, our homes, our
schools, our hospitals, our factories, our buildings, and all those within from
harm and peril. Protect our land and its peoples from enemies from within and
without. Grant an early peace with victory founded upon justice. Instill in the
hearts and minds of men and women everywhere a firm purpose to live forever in
peace and good will toward all. Amen.